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What Supreme Court decision found that separate but equal schools were fundamentally unequal and unconstitutional?
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∙ 7y ago
brown v. board of education
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The Supreme Court decision that found separate but equal schools to be unconstitutional and fundamentally unequal was Brown v. Board of Education (1954). This landmark ruling declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
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What was the supreme courts decision written by chief justice earl warren in the brown v board of education case?
That separate but equal public education was unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court decision in the case Marbury v. Madison is important because?
It allowed the Supreme Court to overrule an unconstitutional law.
What landmark supreme court case declared that the doctrine of separate but equal was unconstitutional?
Brown vs. The Board of Education ruled that separate but equal was unconstitutional.
Can a legislature overturn a supreme court decision holding a particular statute unconstitutional?
No it can't. The only way to overturn a supreme court decision is either another supreme court decision, or a constitutional amendment.
Can the president override a decision of the Court?
No. The Supreme Court has the ability to declare something unconstitutional or not. If they have declared something unconstitutional then there is nothing the president can do about it.
Who makes the final decision about whether a law passed by congress is unconstitutional?
The Supreme Court
Can The Supreme Court have the power to decide if laws are unconstitutional can the president overturn its decision with veto power?
No
What was the supreme court decision in Pollock v. Farmers'Loan and trust?
the federal income tax was unconstitutional
What were the short term effects of the supreme court's decision in Brown versus board of education of Topeka?
The white people in the public didnt like the decision at all the black people were really glad they could go to school closer to where they live. White people went mad and one school the principal stood in the way of the door and wouldn't let the colored kids into the school.
What was the supreme court decision in pollock v farmers loans and trust?
the federal income tax was unconstitutional
What was the supreme court decision in the pollock v. farmers loan and trust?
the federal income tax was unconstitutional
Did the US Supreme Court's decision that the Civil Right act of 1875 was unconstitutional encourage segregation?
false
